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Le Palais (French pronunciation: ​[lə palɛ]; Breton: Porzh-Lae) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France.[3] It is one of the four communes on the island of Belle Île.

Le Palais Porzh-Lae
Commune
Ferry in the harbour
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Le Palais
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Coordinates: 47°20′50″N 3°09′15″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Quiberon
Intercommunality	Belle-Île-en-Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Tibault Grollemund[1]
Area 1	17.43 km2 (6.73 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	2,544
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56152 /56360
Elevation	0–58 m (0–190 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Inhabitants of Le Palais are called in French Palantins.

Geography

Le Palais is one of the four communes of Belle île en Mer. It is the most populated. It houses the administrative center and the main port of the island. The town centre is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) northeast of Bangor, 5.8 km (3.6 mi) southeast of Sauzon and 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of Locmaria.

Map

Population

Le Palais's population peaks in 1872.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,504 —     1800 2,307 −1.16% 1806 3,107 +5.09% 1821 3,258 +0.32% 1831 3,584 +0.96% 1836 3,646 +0.34% 1841 4,544 +4.50% 1846 4,551 +0.03% 1851 4,972 +1.79% 1856 4,845 −0.52% 1861 4,896 +0.21% 1866 4,852 −0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 5,456 +1.97% 1876 4,885 −2.73% 1881 4,801 −0.35% 1886 5,126 +1.32% 1891 5,113 −0.05% 1896 4,931 −0.72% 1901 4,964 +0.13% 1906 4,949 −0.06% 1911 4,950 +0.00% 1921 3,185 −4.31% 1926 3,206 +0.13% 1931 2,802 −2.66%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 2,786 −0.11% 1946 2,208 −2.30% 1954 2,724 +2.66% 1962 2,728 +0.02% 1968 2,661 −0.41% 1975 2,634 −0.15% 1982 2,389 −1.39% 1990 2,435 +0.24% 1999 2,457 +0.10% 2008 2,538 +0.36% 2013 2,580 +0.33% 2019 2,544 −0.23%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2019)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

На других языках

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[de] Le Palais

Le Palais (bretonisch Porzh-Lae) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 2544 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Morbihan in der Region Bretagne auf der Atlantik-Insel Belle-Île.

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- [en] Le Palais

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[fr] Le Palais

Le Palais [lə palɛ] est une commune française située sur l'île de Belle-Île-en-Mer dans le département du Morbihan et la région de Bretagne.

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[ru] Ле-Пале

Ле-Пале (фр. Le Palais, брет. Porzh-Lae) — коммуна в составе департамента Морбиан, одна из четырёх коммун острова Бель-Иль.

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